#B53935#B53935

#B53935 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.130; OKLCH L 52.6% C 0.161 H 26.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.83:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B53935
RGB	rgb(181, 57, 53)
HSL	hsl(2, 55%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(2, 71%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 68.5%, 70.7%, 29%)
CIE-LAB	lab(42.78, 49.70, 30.87)
CIE-LCH	lch(42.78, 58.51, 31.84°)
OKLab	oklab(52.58% 0.1444 0.071)
OKLCH	oklch(52.58% 0.161 26.2)
XYZ	xyz(21.1641, 13.0101, 4.7643)
Luminance	0.1301 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B53935 #35B1B5

analogous

#B53571 #B53935 #B57935

triadic

#B53935 #35B539 #3935B5

tetradic

#B53935 #71B535 #35B1B5 #7935B5

square

#B53935 #71B535 #35B1B5 #7935B5

split-complementary

#B53935 #35B579 #3571B5

monochromatic

#561B19 #862A27 #B53935 #CE5D59 #DC8B88

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.83

#B53935 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.60

#B53935 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #B53935

5.83:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B53935	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##B53935	1.00	5.83	3.60	5.83
#FFFFFF	5.83	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.60	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.83	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5C5433

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7B6F31

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C71439

Achromatopsia (no color)

#656565

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b53935;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(181, 57, 53);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(52.6% 0.161 26.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3776c',
    500: '#b53935',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b53935;
$custom-light: #d3776c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b53935",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 181,
    "g": 57,
    "b": 53
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 1.875,
    "s": 54.701,
    "l": 45.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.52582,
    "c": 0.16092,
    "h": 26.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.13007
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B53935

secondary

#80C4C6

accent

#D9DE4A

background

#FEF7F6

surface

#FCEEEB

border

#D5C9C6

text

#160907

muted

#847B7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #B53935

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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